The Story of the Greeks - H. A. Guerber

[Macedon, location of] [217]
Mantinea, Theban victory at [199]
Marathon, battle of [113]-[115]
- situation of [111]
Mardonius, flight of [134]
Mausolus, Tomb of [264]
Mediterranean Sea, islands in [13]
- stretch of [11]
Megacles, crime of [89], [101]
Megalopolis, tomb in [280]
Menelaus [42], [43]
Messenia [71], [280]
Messenians, bribed by Romans [280]
- thrown into Ceadas [75]
- war against Spartans [145]
Messina, city and colony of [77], [166]
- Lighthouse of [264]
Midas, cart of [238]
Miletus [56], [137]
Milo the athlete [81], [82]
Miltiades, at Marathon [112]
- conviction and death of [117]
Minerva. See [Athene].
Mirage [245]
Money, coining of [24]
- institution of iron [70]
Morea, why so called [55]

[Nabis, tyrant] [278]
Navigation taught [17]
Nearchus, exploration of [251]
Nemean lion [38]
Nemesis, statue of [116]
Neptune. See [Poseidon].
Nestor the wise man [44]

[Œdipus, answers Sphinx's riddle] [34]
- attempted murder of [29]
- death of [36]
- fulfillment of prophecy concerning [31], [34]
- puts out his own eyes [35]
Ogyges, flood of [15]
Olympia, temple at [78]
Olympiad as measurement of time [80]
Olympias [227], [261]
Olympic games, bearing arms during [126]
- excitement at [86]
- girls in [84]
- renewal of [80]
- time reckoned by [80]
Ostracize, derivation of [104]

[Panathenæa, festival of] [26]
Paris, bringing up of [42]
Paros, Island of [116]
Parthenon [149], [264]
Patroclus, armor of Achilles on [49]
- killed by Hector [50]
- sung by Homer [60]
Pausanias, patriotism of mother of [139]
- successor of Leonidas [134]
- walled in [139]
Pelasgians, homes and habits of [12]
- remains of, in old tombs [18]
- skill of, in building [14]
- spinning and weaving by [16]
Pelopidæ conquer Heraclidæ [28]
Pelopidas, exiled Theban [191]
- returns in disguise [193]
- slain in battle [199]
Peloponnesian War, end of [170]
- length of [153]
Peloponnesus, derivation of name [24]
- Dorians settle in [55]
- key of the [270]
- laid waste [154]
- present name of [55]
Pelops teaches coinage of money [24]
Perdiccas, against Ptolemy [260]
- receives Alexander's ring [253]
Pericles, death of [156], [157]
- eloquence of [154]
- idol of the poor [144]
- improvement of Athens by [149]
- leader of the Athenians [146]
Persepolis, burning of [248]
Perseus builds Mycenæ [17]
Persian army, route of, to Greece [109]
Persian fleet, destruction of [110]
- retreat of [115]
Persian vessels shut out of the Ægean [147]
Phalanx, Macedonian [218], [250]
Pharnabazus [186]-[188]
Pharos [264]
Phidias, death of [149]
- Parthenon decorated by [149], [264]
- statues by [79], [116], [149]
Philip of Macedon, ambition of [217], [220], [226]
- at Chæronea [226]
- early training of [217]
- formation of Macedonian phalanx by [218]
- gift from, to Demosthenes [222]
- left eye of, put out [220]
- murder of [226]
- president of Amphictyonic Council [225]
- wealth of [218]
Philippic, origin of [221]
Philopœmon, anecdote of [279]
- "Last of the Greeks" [280]
Philoxenus, a philosopher [202]-[204]
Phocion, caution of [257]
- "Last of the Athenians" [261]
Phœnicians, home of [13]
Pindar, house of [233]
Pisistratidæ, expulsion of [102]
Pisistratus, death of [98]
- hypocrisy of [95]
- improvement of Athens by [96]
Platæa [134], [136]
Plato, Olympic crown given to [212]
- pupil of Socrates [159]
- words of Socrates preserved by [177], [179]
Poliorcetes, "the city taker" [263]
Polynices [37]-[39]
Porus, Indian king [250]
[Poseidon] [52], [280]
Priam, begs Hector's body [51]
- desertion of Paris by [41]
- sung by Homer [60]
Prisoners of war as slaves [48], [61]
Ptolemy, builds tomb for Alexander [255]
- conquered by Demetrius [263]
Pyramids of Egypt [12], [264]
Pyrrha [19], [20]
Pythias [204]-[208]

[Quarries, The] [203]

[Retreat of the Ten Thousand] [185]
Rome, Achæans exiled to [281]
- art in [282]
- power of [270], [277]
Roxana, imprisonment of [261]
- wife of Alexander [252]

[Sacred Battalion] [195], [226]
Sacred War [224]
Salamis, victory at [134], [170]
Sardis, burning of [109]
- taken by Alexander [237]
Seleucia [265]
Seleucus [262], [265], [267]
Scyros, Island of, Achilles at [46]
- Theseus killed at [28], [143]
Shipbuilding taught [17]
Sicyon joins Achæan League [269]
Sisygambis, love of, for Alexander [242], [255]
Slaves, prisoners of war as [48], [61]
Socrates, accusation against [175]
- belief and practice of [158], [176]
- death of [179]
- defense of [176]
- greatest philosopher of the world [171]
- last conversation of [177]-[179]
- life of Alcibiades saved by [162]
- statue of [179]
Solon, laws of [91], [103], [170]
- play acting disapproved by [93]
- return of, to Athens [97]
Sophocles [94]
Sparta, earthquake at [144]
- location of [42]
- rebuilding of [146]
- rulers of [55]
- two kings of [61]
Spartan, an expression of courage [66]
Spartan babes, fate of [63]
Spartan boys, education of [63]-[66]
- example of bravery of [65]
- fidelity instilled in [67]
- test of courage of [65]
- trained to steal [65]
Spartan girls, carried off by Messenians [71]
- education of [63], [69]
Spartan mother, admonition of [68]
Spartans, ask aid of Athenians [74]
- at Pass of Thermopylæ [129]
- attack Amphea [71]
- covet Messenia [71]
- degeneracy of [172], [270]
- force way into Thebes [190]
- freed from Achæan League [277]
- habits of [67], [68], [136]
- influence of superstition on [111], [154]
- join in Olympic games [79]
- overcome Messenians [75]
- rout of three thousand by twelve [195]
- seize Persian ambassadors [111]
- swear allegiance to Lycurgus [70]
Sperthias, self-sacrifice of [120]
Sphinx [33], [34]
Styx, power of waters of [45]
Sun, eclipse of [153], [154]
Susa, statue at [247]
Sybaris, prosperity of [165]
Syracuse [166], [204]

[Temple, at Delphi, command from] [19]
- at Ephesus [227], [264]
- at Libya [245]
- at Olympia [78]
- of Bel, rebuilding of [247]
- of Jupiter [246]
- of Neptune [258]
- protection by a [88], [139], [258], [271]
- rebuilding of a [247]
- saved by thunderstorm [130], [267]
- test of courage at [65]
Theagenes, statue of [83]
Theater, the first [93]
Thebes, founding of [17]
- siege of [38]-[40]
- supremacy of [197]
- taking, of [191], [233]
Themistocles, Athenian general [112]
- council planned by [125]
- courage of [133]
- exiled by Athenians [140]
- honor of [140]
- jealousy of [116]
Thermopylæ, Greeks at [127], [128]
- Pass of [20], [125]
Thersander [40], [44]
Theseum [143]
Theseus, bones of [143]
- Greek hero [26]-[28]
Thespians, bravery of [130]
Thespis builds first theater [93]
Thessaly, location of [55]
Thirty Tyrants, the [170]-[172]
Thrasybulus, statues to [172]
Tigris, Greeks swim the [246]
Torture, instrument of [278]
Tragedy, Greek meaning of [93]
- writers of [94]
[Troy], burning of [53]
- location of [41]
- siege of [47]-[53]
- sung by Homer [60]
Truce, hundred years' [28], [55]
Tyrant, meanings of [97]
Tyre, burning of [243]
Tyrtæus leads Spartans [75]

[Ulysses, in disguise] [46]
- sung by Homer [60]
- the crafty king [44]
- wooden horse of [52]

[Vine, golden] [106], [253]
Voting in Athens [91], [103]